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Amazon ‘Firetube’ to take on Apple TV and Chromecast for living room supremacy?

It appears that Amazon’s long-rumored TV product may be called ‘Firetube’ according to recent Trademarks filed in the US and Canada. There are, of course, rumors of an Amazon TV that stretch back quite awhile. Lots of rumorsBloomberg thinks Fall 2013 is the planned launch window. That’s right now.

As for Amazon on iOS products, Amazon has pushed out a lot of updates, including Airplay last month, but noticeably absent is an Apple TV app.  Currently, the best way to watch Amazon content directly on a TV is through a Roku box or Google TV.

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  1. Jose Cruz - 10 years ago

    For iphone I use it with Airplay with apple tv it works great!

  2. I wish Apple would allow an Amazon app on the ATV. Thankfully my BluRay player does.

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